The L.A. Times recently published an article about high-fructose corn syrup that had the toughest political critics head-over-heels in despair as to whether it gave the product a fair review or gave the Corn Refiner’s Association free advertising.

In light of this, a few other articles need be looked upon and read to shed some real black light on the matter.

Harvard Health Publications, for instance, argues that excessive fructose is bad for the liver and heart.

Princeton University is strong under their findings that have linked obesity and high-fructose corn sugar. They say it speeds up obesity compared to standard table sugar.

Science News also took part in the bashing by publishing an article that links corn sugar with gout in women. We all already know that in men, gout and high-fructose corn syrup is a match made in hell.

The University of California, Los Angeles, posted a link between pancreatic cancer and high consumption of fructose, which was determined by their Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center wing.

The Administration for Children and Families, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, posted on its official site a press release of a study that claims it has found mercury in high-fructose corn syrup.

The Corn Refiners Association, the group that has always backed anything high-fructose corn syrup-related, wants to change the legal name of the product to “corn sugar”.

Part of clearing up the name of the product is their argument that the product is not especially high in fructose, which is just about the same as that of table sugar. The term has gotten a bad reputation and many companies have started to use table sugar as sweetener in their major products.

The Corn Refiners Association are trying to get the Food and Drug Administration to allow a name change to “corn sugar”. The Food and Drug Administration currently has this request under consideration.

In the meantime, the Corn Refiners Association are already using “corn sugar” in advertisements on two websites, cornsugar.com and sweetsurprise.com.

As the central topic of this blog, it is essential for our first post to define high-fructose corn syrup.

High-fructose corn syrup is also known as glucose-fructose syrup and high-fructose maize syrup. It is defined as any group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose to fructose for the purpose of achieving a level of sweetness.

Most consumer foods use high-fructose corn syrup as sweetener.